**Sharing a feeling from back in June 2015...my wedding anniversary**

I have thought on more than one occasion, during Joey’s fight with cancer and after he died,

that I must be the brunt of some cruel joke orchestrated by the grand puppet master behind the

scenes in this realm I accept as LIFE.

Because why would you put someone so amazing, so completely captivating in some ones life

and then take them away. I blamed everything, even god, mostly god. I tried to…

The pain of grief is awful.  We may understand that the body needs to process grief to help us move on, but the question exists...Can we speed it up a little so it doesn't hurt so much?



The answer is Yes and No.  The pain of grief must be felt an experienced to be free from it.  The truth is, the faster you fully experience it, the quicker you'll have more 'non-grieving' periods that you can live your life.  So,…

August 21st. It has been 6 years since the death of my husband.

I fumble through day after day of waking up pretending I am okay living without him.

The truth is I lie every single day to myself with affirmations like “death is a part…